Derryola Bridge, Derryola Bridge Road, Aghalee, BT67 0DJ is a Grade B2 listed building in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 13 November 2020. Bridge.
Derryola Bridge, Derryola Bridge Road, Aghalee, BT67 0DJ
- WRENN ID
- odd-gallery-myrtle
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Constituency
- Lagan Valley MP: Sorcha Eastwood (APNI)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 13 November 2020
- Type
- Bridge
- Irish grid reference
- J 099 685
- Coordinates
- 54.55305, -6.30093
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
Derryola Bridge, located at the junction of Derryola Bridge Road and George’s Island Road, approximately 3km west of the hamlet of Lower Ballinderry, is a single-span stone bridge likely constructed around 1820. The bridge carries a road over the Selshan Drain, a drainage channel that runs from the southeast of the bridge to Lough Neagh in the west. The Selshan Drain was probably created following a report by engineer Thomas Townsend in 1813, which proposed drainage for the boggy and inundated land surrounding Lough Neagh.
The bridge is built of semi-coursed squared rubble stone and features a relatively small semicircular arch with rock-faced voussoirs. The north ends of the bridge's parapets have been rebuilt using a contrasting stone and now incorporate concrete coping. Derryola Bridge holds architectural and historical interest as a local example of a small-arched bridge situated within the flat rural landscape surrounding Lough Neagh. It is of industrial archaeological interest and represents a period of significant land management and drainage works in the area. The bridge's age, construction, and local significance contribute to its listed status. The OS map of 1832 displays both the Selshan Drain and Derryola Bridge.
Local climate
Derryola Bridge, Derryola Bridge Road, Aghalee, BT67 0DJ receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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